Detachable cuff for shirts, blouses, or the like



Jan. 16, 1945. N. G. ENGHOLM 2,367.343

DETACHABLE our FOR SHIRTS, BLOUSES, OR THE LIKE Filed Jan.l3, 194s k 4f 5 l 1 INVENTOR NILS GUNNAR ENGHOLM ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 16, 1945 DETACHABLE CUFF FOR SHIRTS, BLOUSES, OR THE LIKE Nils Gunnar Engholm, Stockholm, Sweden Application January 13. 1943, Serial No. 472,218

In Sweden November 2, 1939 1 Claim.

Experience has shown that in shirts, blouses and the like the edge or fold of the cufl adjacent the hand first becomes worn and soiled. In a shirt which still need not be changed it is desirable that the soiled cuflf should be changed.

- Therefore, when it is the question of detachable cuffs the shirt has sometimes been provided with an extraset of cuffs. However, this extra set is not always at hand when a change need be made.

The present invention relates to a. detachable cuff which by folding will present two different edges r folds which can be turned down towards the hand, thus two cufis in one. The invention is substantially characterized by the fact that the .cuff consists of a'preferably rectangular body which by means of two parallel folds is folded in three parts, the two outer'parts being adapted to be folded over one another towards the. outside of the inner part, the lastmentioned part being provided with a fastening device parallel to the folds, the cuff being adapted to be fastened to the wristband by said fastening device.

An embodiment'of the invention is illustrated on the accompanying drawing.

Fig. 1 shows a rectangular cuff body.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a cuff fastened to the wristband.

In the drawing the reference numeral l designates the inner cuff part. 2 and 3 are the two other parts which" are to be folded over one another. 4 indicates the lines along which the cuff is to be folded. Thecuff is'provided with buttonholes 5 for the stud, said buttonholes registering with one another and with buttonholes 6 on the wristband 1.. The intermediate part1 is provided with a fastening device, one or several buttonholes 8, for example, by which the cuff is buttoned on to one or several corresponding buttons 9 on the wristband. Instead of buttonholes 8 the fastening device may,- of course, also consist of buttons, press buttons or the like, the wristband being shaped accordingly.

After the cuff has been folded in three parts, it is fastened on to the button 9 of the wristband, as shown in Fig. 2, for example. The fold formed between the inner part and the outer part of the cuff is now directed towards the hand. The stud is pushed through the buttonholes 5 of the cuff and through the holes 6 of the wristband. The change of the cuff so as to obtain a clean lower portion adjacent the hand is effected by turning the cuff half a turn round the button of the wristband after the stud has been removed. Then the outer part is foldedunder the former intermediate part which now will be the outer part, and the stud is inserted as described above.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A garment wristband therefor, the wristband having fastening means at the ends thereof and a centrally located fastener, the cuff consisting of a substantially rectangular body having a pair of parallel spaced fold lines dividing the cuff into a pair of side zones and an intermediate zone, each zone being substantially equal in width and provided at each end with a fastening receiving opening, the

intermediate zone having in addition a can-- trally located fastening means engageable with the centrally located fastener on the wristband,

* JNILS GUNNAR ENGHOLM.

and detachable cuff 

